Greatest crowd catch ever seen as Australia defeat South Africa
Australia's win over South Africa in the opening T20 clash has been overshadowed by one of the greatest crowd catches ever seen.
Tim David turned on the fireworks early for Australia as they recorded the 17 run win, but it was a man sitting in the front row that stole the show.
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In the 12th over of Australia's innings, David pulled a delivery off the bowling of Corbin Bosch that sailed towards the stands.
The low soaring shot saw fans at Marrara Stadium attempt to haul it in, but it was one man who proved he had what it takes.
And to make the catch even better, he did it while holding two beer cans in his other hand.
Yes you've read that correctly, in his right hand he was holding onto two beers before hauling in the catch with his vacant left hand.
Watch the iconic moment in the video player above
A feat for the ages.
Make him our new PM.
Footage of the moment quickly went viral with cricket fans in awe of what the unknown individual had just produced.
Mark Howard on Fox Cricket said: 'A nice snare in the crowd. Two cans in the right hand, the kookaburra in the left. Cool and casual.'
Cricket.com.au wrote on X: 'CALLING IT - BEST CROWD CATCH OF THE YEAR AND IT'S ONLY AUGUST!'
Another wrote: 'Legend status unlocked: Two tinnies, one snare.'
A fourth added: 'Probably the best crowd catch of all time.'
Fans in the area loved it.
On the field it was the Aussies who proved too good against their opponents with Tim David once again leading the way.
Australia found themselves in trouble after their top order failed to deliver any meaningful scoreboard impact.
The Aussies quickly fell to be 3/30 before finding themselves in real strife at 6/75. Then Tim David clicked into gear.
The middle order monster flipped the script and went after the South African bowlers as he sent the white ball to all parts of the ground.
He quickly handed the momentum back to the Aussies as he raced to his half century from only 29 deliveries.
His innings ultimately came to an end in the 18th over when he was caught after scoring 83 runs from 52 balls as Australia finished with 178 runs on the board.
South Africa looked on track to chase down the Aussie total with opener Ryan Rickelton and Tristan Stubbs turning the screws with a 72-run partnership.
Josh Hazlewood however put an end to their run when he removed Stubbs after capturing a bottom edge.
Then it all unraveled for the tourists.
Three balls later Hazlewood struck again by catching the outside edge of George Linde with Glenn Maxwell comfortably taking the catch at slip.
Adam Zampa then got in on the action in the next over as he removed Corbin Bosch and Senuran Muthusamy in consecutive deliveries.
A freakish Maxwell juggling catch over the boundary line to remove Rickelton ended South Africa's faint hopes as the visitors finished 9/161.
The second T20 contest will take place on Tuesday from 7:15pm (AEST) at Marrara Stadium, Darwin.
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